Pastor Leon’s SOAP:  Scripture, Observation, Application, Prayer
November 03, 2023: SOAP #5083: Job 25; Mark 13-14

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SCRIPTURE:  Mark (NIV) 13:11 Whenever you are arrested and brought to trial, do not worry beforehand about what to say. Just say whatever is given you at the time, for it is not you speaking but the Holy Spirit. 12 “Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rebel against their parents and have them put to death. 13 All men will hate you because of me, but he who stands firm to the end will be saved.

OBSERVATION:  I see two measurements for faith.  First, we can measure faith by what it accomplishes.  We would say that it takes great faith to move mountains.  

Second, and maybe more importantly, faith can be measured by how long it lasts.  Will it outlast the problem or the trial?  It is bad when our faith is not strong enough, but it is worse when our faith is not long enough.

APPLICATION:  When the trial is over, will I still have my faith?   Hebrews 11:13 speaks of people who were “still living by faith when they died.”  I do not want my faith to die before I do!

Faith is designed by God to carry us through, through trials, through troubles, through sickness and pain, and even through death!   

PRAYER:  Lord, use your Word that I read every day to feed my faith, making it strong enough to face every problem and long enough to outlast every trial.  Amen

Pastor Leon
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